# [GSoC] Applicant Introduction, Microproject Selection 2 messages from 2022-04-01 to 2022-04-05. Participants: Jack McGuinness, Christian Couder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/57650 ## Jack McGuinness, 2022-04-01 21:29 Subject: [GSoC] Applicant Introduction, Microproject Selection Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BYAPR06MB4517DD6F852491B795FBC922E6E09%40BYAPR06MB4517.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ``` Hi, My name is Jack McGuinness, I'm an undergraduate at U.C. Merced, majoring in Computer Science & Engineering. I very recently found out about Google Summer of Code, and as someone who has been very interested in the concepts of open-source software for a while, I thought it would be a great opportunity to get involved and start learning more. The git-scm organization immediately stuck out to me, due to both its widespread use and my personal use. I've looked through the idea list and I plan to apply for the "Unify ref-filter formats with other pretty formats" project. In preparation for this, I want to do the "Modernize a test script" microproject, but I wasn't sure if someone else was working on this already, so following the recommendation from the description, I want to instead modernize t4202. However, I want to check beforehand that someone else isn't already working on this, or if there is a better test script I could modernize. Thanks for your time, Jack ``` ## Christian Couder, 2022-04-05 12:01 Subject: Re: [GSoC] Applicant Introduction, Microproject Selection Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD2cy%2B%2B9FURkNCXFvvrP%3D--SXAGdV--mnXy9a09k3Mta-g%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Jack, On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:33 AM Jack McGuinness wrote: > > Hi, > > My name is Jack McGuinness, I'm an undergraduate at U.C. Merced, majoring in Computer Science & Engineering. I very recently found out about Google Summer of Code, and as someone who has been very interested in the concepts of open-source software for a while, I thought it would be a great opportunity to get involved and start learning more. The git-scm organization immediately stuck out to me, due to both its widespread use and my personal use. I've looked through the idea list and I plan to apply for the "Unify ref-filter formats with other pretty formats" project. Thanks for your interest in Git and in this project! > In preparation for this, I want to do the "Modernize a test script" microproject, but I wasn't sure if someone else was working on this already, so following the recommendation from the description, I want to instead modernize t4202. However, I want to check beforehand that someone else isn't already working on this, or if there is a better test script I could modernize. From a quick look at the mailing list archive, it looks like no one else is working on modernizing t4202. Thanks, Christian. ```